Melbourne School of Engineering ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING CAREER PATHWAYS For more information, visit eng.unimelb.edu.au Electrical Engineering ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AT MELBOURNE Electrical engineering offers diverse career options The Master of Engineering (Electrical) provides depth, breadth in areas such as telecommunications, electronics, and flexibility to a curriculum taught by world-class educators, biotechnology, manufacturing, automation, access to industry based learning opportunities, and a generous transport, defence, mining, information technology program of scholarships. and consulting services. Our electrical engineering programs include: The Melbourne School of Engineering is the leading provider »»» Master of Engineering (Electrical) of engineering and IT education in Australia*, and ranked No.1 »»» Master of Engineering (Electrical with Business) in Australia for Electrical Engineering.# »»» Master of Telecommunications Engineering »» Master of Philosophy (Engineering) Our professional Master of Engineering program is the first » »» Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering) graduate program in Australia to offer accreditation from » Engineers Australia and EUR-ACE®, enabling graduates to practice as engineers in Australia, Europe, the US, Singapore, Japan, and more. Accelerate your own startup Since completing a Master of Engineering (Electrical) and a stint with the Melbourne Accelerator Program (MAP), David Mah has gone on to launch two business startups. He is co-founder of the highly successful retail app Bluesky; the most popular mobile catalogue shopping app in Australia. His more recent startup venture, Kepler Analytics, is a real-time analytics tool for customer behaviour in bricks and mortar stores. He attributes his time as an engineering and MAP student as pivotal to his success. “The University of Melbourne was a top choice for me to study electrical engineering, because of its positive culture and highly innovative environment. Looking back, I don’t think I would have considered my own startup company, if it were not for my experience studying at Melbourne and my involvement with the Melbourne Accelerator Program.” Specialisations Job Outlook As an electrical engineer, you will have a range of specialist Engineering professionals are in demand, not only in Australia, skills in the design, testing and maintenance of electrical and but across the globe. With a rapidly growing population, electronic systems. the need for engineers will become more critical than ever You could specialise in areas including electrical power systems, to ensure our cities have adequate transport, power, water, electronic system design, electronic instrumentation, control telecommunications and healthcare. systems and automation, system engineering, embedded Students are advised to begin building their employability skills systems and communications systems and networks. whilst at university, to give themselves the best start to their careers. Visit the University Careers Service to find out more: careers.unimelb.edu.au For more information about the job outlook for this sector, please visit the Australian Government’s Employment Projections and Job Outlook website: joboutlook.gov.au *No.1 in Australia; No.28 in the world. QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017. For information about salaries, see: graduateopportunities.com #QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017. Electrical Engineering Learn at the cutting edge of technology Fernando Jurado decided to study telecommunications engineering because it is a fast growing field that is making a big contribution to technological development. “The Master of Telecommunications Engineering has provided me with analytical, design, communications, teamwork, research and technological skills to solve problems related to telecommunications and engineering.” During his course, Fernando did a research project with the Melbourne Networked Institute Society (MNSI), which helped him apply theory learnt in the course, to a real world setting. “My research project with MNSI has helped me to better understand telecommunications engineering in Australia.” Fernando completed his bachelor’s degree in electronic engineering at the Universidad del Valle in Cali, Colombia. Sectors & Employers ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING SECTORS & INDUSTRIES EXAMPLES OF EMPLOYERS Automation Industrial Instrumentation Nokia Microsoft Aviation Power Generation and Transmission Boeing Aerostructures NEC Broadcast/Sound Engineering System Engineering Chevron NHP Electrical Engineering Consulting – Technologies and Telecommunications Deloitte Products Management Ericsson Orica Electrical Equipment IBM Origin Energy Electronics Jacobs Engineering Siemens Government Departments and Telstra Agencies Career Progression GRADUATE 3-5 YEARS EXPERIENCE 10 YEARS Graduate Electrical Engineer Electrical and Instrument Engineer Electrical Engineer – Water/Waste Water Lead Electrical Engineer Graduate Electronic Engineer Electrical Asset Engineer Electrical Engineer/Control Systems Principal Electrical Graduate Electrical Services Electrical Design Engineer Electrical Field Engineer Engineer Engineer Electrical Engineer Electrical/Instrumentation Engineer Senior Electrical Engineer Graduate Electrical Systems Electronic Engineer Electrical Engineer – Hazardous Area Engineer Electrical and Controls Engineer Electrical Maintenance Engineer Graduate Electrical Design Electrical Engineer – Building Services Electrical Project Engineer Engineer Electrical Engineer – Energy Electrical Reliability Engineer Graduate Engineer Electrical/ Electrical Engineer – Mining Services Electrical Risk Engineer Mechatronics Electrical Engineer – Electrometallurgy Electrical Site Engineer Junior Electrical Engineer Electrical Engineer – Oil and Gas Electrical Telco Engineer Electrical Engineer – High Voltage Power Supply Electrical and Instrumentation Engineer Electrical Engineer – Power Generation Field Electrical Engineer Electrical Engineer – Power Systems/Control Traction Electrical Systems Design Systems Engineer Electrical Engineer – Secondary Substation Design Electrical Engineering Alternative Careers Careers in Research Employability Services and An engineering degree at the University If you are passionate about a field of Industry Links of Melbourne gives you a solid technical electrical engineering and would like to Students undertaking our programs and design foundation combined with advance your research skills, enrolling in have access to a range of employability strong analytical, problem solving and a graduate research degree could be a services, and benefit from a curriculum communication skills valued across great option for you. Graduate research that offers excellent opportunities to a range of industries. Other areas our enhances your ability to problem solve, connect with industry through: graduates have moved into include: think autonomously and creatively, and analyse. Careers in research are diverse »»» an elective internship subject »» Management consulting » and may include: »»» student projects partnered with industry »»» Finance, economics and banking »»» guest lectures led by industry leaders »»» Business analysis »»» academic positions at universities; and experts »»» Project management »»» policy-making or research positions at »»» site visits hosted by key organisations public sector organisations; »»» Technical sales, marketing and »»» industry networking events »» private sector research and communications » »» career panels featuring industry development projects; » »»» Intellectual property management representatives »» self-employed consulting positions on »» Technical writing » »» career question drop-in service » technical or policy issues in your area » »»» Government and policy of expertise. »»» an online jobs and internships portal Electrical Engineering Career Pathways. 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